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Swapo wins special elections in the diaspora
Unofficial results of votes cast by Namibians in the diaspora on Wednesday show Swapo leading with 61% of the presidential and 61% of the parliamentary votes.The Independent Patriots for Chang...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:50hrs | 1462 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean activist engages Hichilema to cancel Chivayo linked tender
Zimbabwean activists based in South Africa have called on Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema to block Ren-Form, a South African printing company, from supplying election materials in Zambia's upcomi...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:43hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wreaks havoc in Sadc
The ruling Zanu-PF party has come under fire for allegedly attempting to manipulate election outcomes across the Southern African region, with accusations of interference surfacing in Botswana, Namibi...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:45hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo-linked company wins contract to print ballot papers in Namibia
The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has awarded a US$60 million contract for the supply of all election materials, including ballot papers, to South African company Ren-Form CC, despite the firm...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 15:52hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Its a do or die encounter
All the roads will be leading to South Africa Johannesburg at Orlando Stadium, where the Brave Warriors of Namibia will be battling it out with the Warriors of Zimbabwe in their Africa Cup of Nations ...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 17:10hrs | 340 | by Leonard Koni
Next Generation of Energy Leaders to Drive Transformation at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2024
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - With Africa serving as a dynamic hub for oil and gas, renewable energy and cutting-edge technologies, the participation of youth in the sector is crucial to bringing in new p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 17:52hrs | 166 | by APO
Zimbabwe - Botswana passport requirements should go, says Masisi
BOTSWANA President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said he sees the removal of passport requirements between Zimbabwe and South Africa in line with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) guidelines a...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF vitriol bolsters Sadc'
Zanu-PF attacks on the Southern African Development Community election observer mission (SEOM) have likely enhanced the credibility of the regional bloc which often attracts criticism for being "tooth...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibian MP trashes President's congratulatory message to Mnangagwa
POPULAR Democratic Movement (PDM) legislator Inna Hengari has trashed her President Hage Gottfried Geingob's congratulatory to Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa.Geingob sent his messag...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana, Namibia discard passports
NAMIBIA and Botswana nationals will no longer be using passports when travelling between the two countries after the countries' Presidents agreed to open their borders to each other.President ...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's NPA snubbed Namibian police over Phala Phala robbery
South African authorities allegedly gave the Namibian police the silent treatment to frustrate their investigation into suspects linked to the robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm....Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 11:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ramapho$a Dollar Gate: The truth and the lie$
'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots' - Ziad K. Abdelnour.I am not in the habit of arguing with idiots because I know they will drag me to their level and bea...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 9 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Namibians demand ombudsman investigate Geingob over Ramaphosa cover-up
The Namibian Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) is demanding the country's ombudsman, Basilius Dyakugha, launch an investigation into claims that President Hage Geingob is implicated in an alleged cover...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa’s unexplained millions stashed under mattresses
President Cyril Ramaphosa allegedly kept large sums of money in foreign currency, estimated to be $80 million (R1.24 billion), “concealed” under mattress and couches at his farm in Bela-Bela, Limp...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in diaspora not cash cows but should have their democratic rights respected!
There was much excitement in the corridors of power when it became apparent that diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe had surpassed the US$1.4 billion mark ...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Young Sables crowned African champions
Namibia 14 - 19 ZimbabweTHE Zimbabwe Under-20 rugby team are set for another dance at the World Rugby Junior Trophy next year after winning the 2022 Rugby Africa Barthes Trophy in a tense final ag...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange pushes for twinning deal with Namibian town
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) is engaged in talks with Namibia's Gobabis municipality for a twinning arrangement which it hopes will improve service delivery.The latest HLB report shows that the lo...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sables rise in new World Rugby rankings
THE Sables have edged closer to earning a place among the top 30 rugby nations in the world following their historic 24-22 victory over higher-ranked Brazil in the opening game of the World Rugb...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
So, in Zimbabwe one is more likely to get away with killing 20,000 people than murdering one person!
The much talked about meeting between president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and Matebeleland region chiefs - on the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide perpetrated by the Zimbabwe regime on innocent civilians ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will Zimbabwe ever have any elder statesmen since our leaders want to die in office?
As the entire African continent in general, and the southern region in particular, keep their eyes firmly focused on the exceedingly emulable events unfolding in Zambia - with yet another smooth democ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 17:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans are biggest cowards in the region report
A RECENT study on SADC democratic processes has revealed that 77 percent of Zimbabweans live in fear and are very mindful of what they said in public about their rulers.The study by Research a...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the 'party'
Namibians have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting retur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
Zanu-PF calls for slavery reparations
Zanu-PF has joined the rest of the continent in calling for reparations from Western countries that enslaved and looted resources from Africa years ago.The clarion call comes as the Namibian G...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are South Africans our brothers?
In 1980 Zimbabwe got independent and we were happy, very happy. However, South Africa,Namibia and another country on the horn of Africa were still under colonial rule.I remember when I joined ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Etiwel Mutero
'Mono currency to spur competitiveness'
The return to mono-currency, through the Zimbabwe dollar as the sole legal tender, will spur the country's competitiveness on the export market, according to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Mi...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'20% of Soweto births are Zimbabwean children,' says Biti
ZIMBABWE's economic and political crisis is putting pressure on South Africa's ability to deliver services to its people, MDC vice president has claimed.Biti was speaking in a panel discussion...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Dan Tshanda's Zimvavwe protégé keeps Splash alive
In the heat of a nostalgic moment as revellers are dancing and singing along to the sounds of the late Dan Tshanda at the Red Café' koBulawayo on a hot Sunday night, DJ Keitho drops a splash song by ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Namibia minister slams Zimbabweans over marriages of convenience with his people
NAMIBIA'S Home Affairs minister has slammed Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals who are in the tendency of entering into marriages of convenience with his compatriots in order to qualify for Namib...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane: A hero of many talents
Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane was a giant in terms of his contributions to society, and is very difficult to encapsulate in a mere obituary.He was simple and highly approachable while at the same...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Emeritus Professor Ngwabi M Bhebhe
Warmonger's 'shoot-to-kill' policy revoked
The Botswana government has decided to withdraw military grade arms from its anti-poaching units on patrol along the country's borders.The move to recall what it called "arms of war" from the ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 17:26hrs | 14 | by Southern Times
Mnangagwa commissions 149 officer cadets
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 149 officer cadets, among them five Namibians, at the 34th Regular Officer Cadet Course graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Military Academy (ZMA) in Gweru....Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia jumps to Justice Cheda's defence
NAMIBIA Justice minister Sekeuse Shanghala has jumped to the defence of former Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Maphios Cheda, who is under fire from local pressure groups for allegedly grabbing lan...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean judge in nasty land row in Namibia
A NAMIBIAN pressure group has threatened to demonstrate against former Zimbabwean High Court judge Justice Maphios Cheda, who is embroiled in a nasty land row in that country.The demonstration...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Namibia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today visit Namibia on the third leg of his regional tour to brief his counterparts on the political situation in the country and the forthcoming harmonised elections...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
A visa-free Africa still faces hurdles
Despite fears of increase in crimes, some countries are liberalizing visas to attract investors Would an Africa in which Africans require no visa...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Kerry Dimmer
Namibia blocks appointment of Mugabe's candidate
RAY Goba, whose name had been prematurely gazetted as the prosecutor general designate, will not be sworn in to the post after dramatic intervention by the Namibian government, The Standard reported....Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia freezes nursing posts for Zimbabweans
THE Namibian government has suspended the recruitment of all foreign nurses, among them Zimbabweans, while the period of extensions of contracts for foreign doctors has been slashed from four to two y...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia expels Zimbabwean engineering expats
The Namibia government is letting go Zimbabwean engineering expatriates seconded there on a government-to-government agreement.This comes ahead of the expiry of a five-year Memorandum Of Under...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 13:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japhet Moyo should mind his own business
Claims by Zimbabwe Congress Trade Union (ZCTU) Secretary General, Japhet Moyo that there is need for Government to call for an early deployment of foreign election observers and monitors should not be...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 12:29hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Mugabe commissions 136 officer cadets
President Mugabe yesterday commissioned 136 Officer Cadets at the 33rd Regular Officer Cadet Course graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Military Academy (ZMA) in Gweru.Of these, 29 were female...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama at Mutambanengwe's burial
THERE was drama at last Saturday's tension-filled burial of former High Court judge, Justice Simpson Victor Mutambanengwe's burial at Dambakurimwa Village just outside Mutare, with the director o...Published: 26 May 2017 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africans wake up to the horror of white interests in the rainbow
My deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Chidyausiku family on the loss of Godfrey, our recently retired Chief Justice. He was a fine character, an enormous lawyer by any measure.Above all, he served ...Published: 06 May 2017 at 12:27hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Namibia to force white-owned businesses sell 25% stake to blacks
WINDHOEK - President Hage Geingob has said Namibia will make it mandatory for white-owned businesses to sell a 25% stake to blacks, calling the country one of the most unequal in the world....Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 15:07hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwean philathropists and educationist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, received the New African Woman Award in Education
DAKAR, Senegal - The fearless Gambian human rights activist won New African Woman magazine's Woman of the Year Award (http://NAW-Forum.com) at the their Award ceremony that took place in Dakar last ni...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 18:56hrs | | by APO
Namibia to expropriate white-owned land
Namibia's President Hage Geingob has lamented the slow pace of land reform in the country, saying the government will tackle the problem by expropriating land, while giving white owners "fair compensa...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 18:17hrs | | by BBC
The age of Mugabe and the age of ideas
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the pan-Africanist and internationalist who was elected Zimbabwean head of state 37 years ago, was 93 on February 21.He has for decades championed the slogan "Zimbab...Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 10:00hrs | | by OWEI LAKEMFA
The fight Zanu-PF can't afford to lose
ZIMBABWEANS celebrate this Heroes and Defence Forces holiday more divided than the country has ever been since Independence.And the most divided institution in the country is the governing Zan...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi
Nine die of malaria, 425 cases reported
NINE people died of malaria in the northern regions by Wednesday last week while 425 cases have been reported, said health minster Bernard Haufiku.The Namibian reported that Haufiku was speaki...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Botswana halts deportation of Namibians
Over 928 Namibians refugees based at Dukwi camp who were due to be deported to their country were this week granted temporary reprieve by a Lobatse High Court.The refugees who were to voluntar...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls hotel occupancy up
AVERAGE hotel occupancies in the tourists' favourite Victoria Falls shot to 100 percent during the festive season, up from 80 percent.However, arrivals from key regional source markets, South ...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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